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Nov 29 (Reuters) - Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday at age 100.Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, according to a statement from…

Flash flooding at Death Valley national park closed all roads into the park, buried cars and stranded about 1,000 people on Friday.A deluge brought “nearly an entire year’s worth of rain in one morning” into the famously hot and dry park in the California desert. At least 1.7in (4.3cm) of rain fell in the Furnace Creek area; the park’s average…

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Derek…

Authorities at Zion National Park were still searching for an Arizona woman who vanished after flash flooding, the park said, and iconic sections of the park remained closed Sunday.Late Friday, the National Park Service received a report that Jetal Agnihotri, a 29-year-old Tucson resident, was overdue from a trip to The Narrows, an imposing…

California officials discuss search for Kiely RodniThe mother of Kiely Rodni has said an Amber Alert should have been “been issued immediately” as the desperate search to find her missing 16-year-old daughter entered the sixth day.Kiely was last seen around 12.30am on 6 August near the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee, where she attended an…

Comment on this storyCommentAnthony S. Fauci, the nation’s preeminent infectious-disease expert who achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under two presidents, plans to step down in December after more than a half-century of public service, he announced…

Comment on this storyCommentThe ornate centerpiece of the historic Mar-a-Lago estate that Donald Trump bought for cheap in 1985 is an expansive, elegant living room, featuring a golden coffered ceiling and a massive stone fireplace.Directly beneath lies a far more modest open area with a concrete floor.It was dug into the foundations of the…

Fishermen land scallops at Nemuro Port, in Nemuro on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Leussink/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The United States has started bulk buying Japanese seafood to supply its military there in response to China's ban on such products imposed after Tokyo…

article Fire destroyed Horn Barbecue in Oakland on Nov. 21, 2023. Photo: Matt Horn  His restaurant on Mandela Parkway was vandalized with graffiti on Sunday night. And then on Tuesday morning, his prep crew showed up to work to see a portion of the building in ruins.  Now, Horn is left picking up the pieces.  Horn said one of his employees…

The super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in his presidential campaign, which has seen a series of changes in the last month, went through another shake-up this week when it fired its new chief executive officer who had stepped in just nine days earlier, according to two people briefed on the matter.Kristin Davison, who was appointed…